 | Ebenezer Cobham Brewer - 2004 - 592 páginas
...divine command, With rising tempests shakes a guilty land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia past, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; And, pleased th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides on the tempest and directs the storm. The Campaign (1705). Ridicule (Father of). Francois Rabelais... | |
 | Kerry Emanuel - 2005 - 296 páginas
...Such as of late o'er pale Britannia past. Calm and serene he drives the furious blast; And, pleas'd th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm. — Joseph Addison( 1672 -1719), from '"The Campaign, a Poem to His Grace the Duke ofMarlborougli"... | |
 | Robert Gibson - 2004 - 336 páginas
...portrayed Marlborough as divinely inspired: Calm and serene he drives the furious blast; And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm . . . Fiction may deck the truth with spurious rays, And round the hero cast a borrowed blaze. Marlborough's... | |
 | Mario Reading - 2007 - 314 páginas
...Such as of late o'er pale Britannia past, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast; And, pleas'd th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm. SUMMARY A masterly quatrain delineating the early chequered career of John Churchill, ist Duke of Marlborough,... | |
 | Henry Morley - 1879 - 702 páginas
...made of a recent great storm for likening of Marlborough in battle to the angel, who, " pleased tli" Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm." Addison follower! up the success of this piece by publishing his " Remarks on Several Parts of Italy,"... | |
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Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel by divine command With rising tempests shakes a guilty land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia past, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ;... 
